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Dickson County building likely 'total loss' after fire

The county's former EMS building is likely a total loss after an early morning The county's former EMS building is likely a total loss after an early morning fire Thursday "gutted" much of the structure's interior and engulfed the roof, according to Dickson County EMS Director Rob Fisher.
Dickson Fire Department crew responded to the fire about 4 a.m. but firefighters believe the blaze had been burning "for a while" when they arrived, Fisher said.
"We have no clue what started the fire," Fisher said "We do know that it's likely a total loss."
The firefighters are still at the scene extinguishing hot spots and likely will be for a few more hours, Fisher said.
In February, the Dickson County Commission approved an in-house renovation of the county-owned old EMS building at a cost of nearly $23,000.
The building is located at the intersection of West End Ave. and Laurel Ave. in the Dickson area.
The work included installing a security fence, creating office space for county Maintenance Director W.H. Batey as well as a small training room to act as a back up emergency operations center.
Batey had performed much of the work and, according to Fisher, was nearly complete.
No injuries were reported.
The county's former EMS building is likely a total loss after an early morning fire Thursday "gutted" much of the structure's interior and engulfed the roof, according to Dickson County EMS Director Rob Fisher.
Dickson Fire Department crew responded to the fire about 4 a.m. but firefighters believe the blaze had been burning "for a while" when they arrived, Fisher said.
"We have no clue what started the fire," Fisher said "We do know that it's likely a total loss."
The firefighters are still at the scene extinguishing hot spots and likely will be for a few more hours, Fisher said.
In February, the Dickson County Commission approved an in-house renovation of the county-owned old EMS building at a cost of nearly $23,000.
The building is located at the intersection of West End Ave. and Laurel Ave. in the Dickson area.
The work included installing a security fence, creating office space for county Maintenance Director W.H. Batey as well as a small training room to act as a back up emergency operations center.
Batey had performed much of the work and, according to Fisher, was nearly complete.
No injuries were reported.

The county's former EMS building is likely a total loss after an early morning fire Thursday "gutted" much of the structure's interior and engulfed the roof, according to Dickson County EMS Director Rob Fisher.

Dickson Fire Department crews responded to the fire about 4 a.m. but firefighters believe the blaze had been burning "for a while" when they arrived, Fisher said.

"We have no clue what started the fire," Fisher said "We do know that it's likely a total loss."

The firefighters are still at the scene extinguishing hot spots and likely will be for a few more hours, Fisher said.

In February, the Dickson County Commission approved an in-house renovation of the county-owned old EMS building at a cost of nearly $23,000.

The building is located at the intersection of West End Ave. and Laurel Ave. in the Dickson area.

The work included installing a security fence, creating office space for county Maintenance Director W.H. Batey as well as a small training room to act as a back up emergency operations center.

Batey had performed much of the work and, according to Fisher, was nearly complete.